Tin or can for hams or like articles of food.



A. MEYER.

TIN 0R CAN FOR HAMS 0R LIKE ARTICLES OF FOOD.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 8, 1913.

1,089,067, Patented Mar. 3, 1914.

COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH 60., WASHINGTON. D :4

ANTON MEYER, 0F HAMBURG, GERMANY.

TIN OB CAN FOR I-IAIVIS OR LIKE ARTICLES OF FOOD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 3, 191%.

Application filed July 8, 1913. Serial No. 777,816.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ANTON MEYER, a subject of the German Emperor, and resident of N0. 2 Deichstrasse, Hamburg, 11, Germany, have invented certain new and useful Tmpro-vements in or Relating to Tins or Cans for Hams or like Articles of Food, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to a tin, more particularly for hams, the characteristic feature being that the circular, oval or polygonal main portion of the tin overlaps that portion which is adapted to receive the bone of the leg and that the lid of the latter portion extends into the main portion whereby a dead corner or clearance is produced which enables the tin to be safely evacuated and the lid to be applied by means of a seaming machine.

A constructional form of the invention is illustrated by way of example, in which:

Figure 1 is a section on the line AB of Fig. 2 with the lid in place, and Fig. 2 is a plan view of the tin with the lid removed.

The can is provided with a main chamber a into which opens a tapering bone-receiving extension b, the height of which is less than that of chamber a. Extension 5 is provided with an inclined top 0 that projects a distance into the chamber a to constitute a segmental upwardly slanting shield r. In this way there is formed between the shield and the adjacent wall it of the can, a pocket It, for a purpose hereinafter explained.

The ham is so placed into the can, that its main body is received Within chamber a while the leg is received within extension 6. The lid d is then placed upon chamber a and secured thereto in an air tight manner by means of a lap joint which is formed by an ordinary seaming machine. "Wall 72, is now punctured as at 72. the air is exhausted in the usual manner, and then the puncture is closed by solder, or by other suitable means.

It will be seen that with the construction described, the shield separates the pocket it from the ham-receiving compartments of the can, so that the ham cannot clog the pocket, and thus interfere with the proper evacuation of the can through opening it. The slanting position of the shield prevents the latter from cutting into the body of the ham, while the latter is being slipped into the can.

The time may of course be modified according to its use for right or left hams by providing the bone receiving portion at the required place and may be produced in difierent sizes according to requirements. In the place of the cylindrical shape for the neck and the lid, an oval or polygonal form which is adapted to be seamed by machinery may of course be resorted to, the remaining portion of the tin being adapted to the shape of the particular ham to be preserved therein.

What I claim is:--

1. A can of the character described, comprising a main chamber, a tapering extension opening into the same, and a shield projecting from the extension partly across the chamber to form an air evacuating pocket.

2. A can of the character described, comprising a main chamber, a tapering exten sion opening into the same and having an inclined top that extends a distance into the main chamber to form an air evacuating pocket.

Signed by me at Hamburg, Germany this 25th day of June 1918.

ANTON MEYER.

l Vitnesses:

AUGUST WVENK, ERNEST H. L. MUMMENHOFF.

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